U.S. stocks plunged Friday, posting largest drops in 10 months after U.K. citizens voted to end the country’s membership in the European Union. The main indexes ended with weekly losses for a third straight week. The S&P 500 plummeted 75.92 points, or 3.6%, to 2,037.40, its largest one-day percentage decline since Aug 24, 2015. For the week, the benchmark index lost 1.6%, the largest one-week drop since February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its largest one-day drop in 10 months, plunging 611.21 points, or 3.4%, to 17,399.86. The blue-chip index lost 1.6% over the week. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite was hit the hardest, as investors dumped technology and biotech stocks. The index lost 202.06 points, or 4.1%, to 4,707.98 and declined 1.9% over the week.
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